George Mack
George Mack

@george__mack

9 Tweets 8 reads Jan 01, 2023
Life's currency is time.
But some live 100 lives in 1 life.
I call these people "Time Travelers".
Here’s 8 ways to time travel:
1. Volume - If you do a task daily rather than weekly, you achieve 7 years of output in 1 year.
If you apply a 1% compound interest rate each time, you achieve 54 years of output in 1 year.
2. Assume The Cringe Now
Most people look back 5 years at past self and cringe.
Most don't assume that their future self will cringe at their present-day self.
Thought experiment to speed up time: What will future-me cringe at present-me for?
3. @mrbeast's Focus Groups
Create a focus group of friends on the same journey
If you share mistakes with one another, you've traveled through time together.
Your mistake prevents your friends from making it. And their mistakes prevent you from making it.
4. Monitor Nerds Weekend Plans
"What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years." - Chris Dixon
Step 1 - Find smart friends
Step 2 - See them on the weekends
Step 3 - Don't call the hobby weird until you've done 10 hours
5. Change Location
The future isn't evenly distributed.
You can move 6 years ahead by getting on a 6-hour flight.
If you can't change your physical geography, move your digital geography.
Upgrade your media diet.
6. Expert Questions:
If you're 5 years behind an expert, don't ask them the question you think you should ask.
Instead, ask them what you should ask them.
"With all the information you know, what question should I be asking you?"
Time travel.
7. 25+ Razor
If you're 25+, assume your reactions about new technologies and trends are wrong.
If someone under the age of 25 is obsessed with something new, don't dismiss it until you've done 10+ hours on it.
8. Directional Arrows of Progress
“Study the undeniable arrows of progress.” -
@wolfejosh
E.g. Each generation of computers gets smaller, more powerful and closer to our bodies.
Based on consistent historical trend lines, you can time travel to predict what is coming next.

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